Thứ Năm, 02/02/2017, 16:30 (GMT+7)
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Overseas Vietnamese worldwide celebrate Lunar New Year

Overseas Vietnamese worldwide are celebrating the 2017 Lunar New Year with traditional New Year’streats and art performances.

The Vietnamese community in Egypt gathers to celebrate the traditional New Year. (Photo: VNA)
The Vietnamese community in Egypt gathers to celebrate the traditional New Year. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam’s Embassy in Egypt held a gathering for Vietnamese in Egypt and northern African countries on January 28 to celebrate the traditional New Year.

Speaking at the event, Vietnam’s Ambassador to Egypt Do Hoang Long reviewed key points in the Egypt-Vietnam relationship as well as the bilateral relationship in the past year.

He was pleased that Vietnamese in Egypt assist each other and look back to their homeland.

Representatives of Vietnamese monks studying in India working with the Vietnamese Embassy in the country also held a ceremony to greet the New Year and ask for peace.

Ambassador Ton Sinh Thanh wished the monks good health and briefed them on Vietnam’s achievements over the past year.

A celebration hosted by the Embassy of Vietnam has also recently been held in Rome, Italy. The event brought together hundreds of Vietnamese expatriates and staff members of Vietnamese representative offices.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand also held a get-together to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. At the event, the participants had a chance to enjoy traditional Vietnamese Tet dishes.

(Source: NDO)

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